[Americans] were, for one thing, so smitten with the idea of progress that they invented things without having any idea — Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life
[Americans] were, for one thing, so smitten with the idea of progress that they invented things without having any idea — Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life
[Americans] were, for one thing, so smitten with the idea of progress that they invented things without having any idea — Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life
[Americans] were, for one thing, so smitten with the idea of progress that they invented things without having any idea — Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life
[Americans] were, for one thing, so smitten with the idea of progress that they invented things without having any idea — Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life
[Americans] were, for one thing, so smitten with the idea of progress that they invented things without having any idea — Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life
[Americans] were, for one thing, so smitten with the idea of progress that they invented things without having any idea — Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life
[Americans] were, for one thing, so smitten with the idea of progress that they invented things without having any idea — Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life
[Americans] were, for one thing, so smitten with the idea of progress that they invented things without having any idea — Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life
[Americans] were, for one thing, so smitten with the idea of progress that they invented things without having any idea — Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life
[Americans] were, for one thing, so smitten with the idea of progress that they invented things without having any idea — Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life
[Americans] were, for one thing, so smitten with the idea of progress that they invented things without having any idea — Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life
[Americans] were, for one thing, so smitten with the idea of progress that they invented things without having any idea — Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life
[Americans] were, for one thing, so smitten with the idea of progress that they invented things without having any idea — Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life
[Americans] were, for one thing, so smitten with the idea of progress that they invented things without having any idea — Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life
[Americans] were, for one thing, so smitten with the idea of progress that they invented things without having any idea — Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life
[Americans] were, for one thing, so smitten with the idea of progress that they invented things without having any idea — Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life
[Americans] were, for one thing, so smitten with the idea of progress that they invented things without having any idea — Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life
[Americans] were, for one thing, so smitten with the idea of progress that they invented things without having any idea — Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life
[Americans] were, for one thing, so smitten with the idea of progress that they invented things without having any idea — Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life
[Americans] were, for one thing, so smitten with the idea of progress that they invented things without having any idea — Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life
[Americans] were, for one thing, so smitten with the idea of progress that they invented things without having any idea — Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life
[Americans] were, for one thing, so smitten with the idea of progress that they invented things without having any idea — Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life
[Americans] were, for one thing, so smitten with the idea of progress that they invented things without having any idea — Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life
[Americans] were, for one thing, so smitten with the idea of progress that they invented things without having any idea — Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life
[Americans] were, for one thing, so smitten with the idea of progress that they invented things without having any idea — Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life
[Americans] were, for one thing, so smitten with the idea of progress that they invented things without having any idea — Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life
[Americans] were, for one thing, so smitten with the idea of progress that they invented things without having any idea — Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life
[Americans] were, for one thing, so smitten with the idea of progress that they invented things without having any idea — Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life
[Americans] were, for one thing, so smitten with the idea of progress that they invented things without having any idea — Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life
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[Americans] were, for one thing, so smitten with the idea of progress that they invented things without having any idea whether those things would be of any use.

— Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life
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